Equinox
Equinox is an Italian-led mid-market private equity firm founded in 2000 by Salvatore Mancuso, investing through control and co-control buyouts in Italian family businesses with revenues up to about EUR 200m across industrials, consumer, healthcare, technology and the energy transition; the investment team operates from Milan while the fund manager, Equinox AIFM S.A., is domiciled in Luxembourg. It has raised four funds (Equinox One through Four) totalling close to EUR 900m and is now investing Equinox IV, an Article 8 SFDR vehicle whose first close of EUR 180m was reached in October 2025.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
4 funds tracked, 22 portfolio companies (16 active · 6 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Equinox has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Equinox FourBuyout2025 · 1yr1 active
Unrealized
1 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project for Building | Industrials | Italy | 2026 |
Equinox ThreeBuyout2019 · 7yr€360M4 active · 5 realized
Unrealized
4 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migal Group | Industrials | Italy | 2021 |
| Modulblok | Industrials | Italy | 2023 |
| MVC Group | Consumer | Italy | 2019 |
| Pizzium | Consumer | Italy | 2021 |
Realized
5 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clas | Consumer | Italy | 2020 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Pedemonte Group | Consumer | Italy | 2020 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Quid Informatica | Software | Italy | 2019 | 2025 | Secondary | – | |
| Quin (Quid Informatica Group) | IT Services | Italy | 2019 | 2026 | Secondary | – | |
| Salpa & Cherubini | Consumer | Italy | 2021 | 2023 | Secondary | – |
Equinox TwoBuyout2007 · 19yr€300M6 active · 1 realized
Equinox OneBuyout2001 · 25yr€220M5 active
Unrealized
5 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church's | Consumer | United Kingdom | 2003 |
| Citterio | Consumer | Italy | 2005 |
| Fisia Italimpianti | Industrials | Italy | 2003 |
| Intercos | Consumer | Italy | 2003 |
| Manuli Film | Industrials | Italy | 2003 |
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Investment team
Senior partners. Hand-checked from public filings and the firm's own site.
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